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3rd November 2026

CCTV Review Under Pressure: How S21 CCTV Helps Investigators Find What Matters Faster
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Semantics 21’s Tom Oldroyd shows how S21 CCTV uses offline AI to cut hours of CCTV, body-worn and dash cam footage down to the moments that matter, from face and vehicle search to ANPR, multi-camera sync and redaction....

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Forensics Forward 2026 (Online, November 10): A Global Day Of Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity And Law

Forensics Forward 2026 (Online, November 10): A Global Day Of Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity And Law

3rd November 2026

Registration is now open for Forensics Forward: Cybersecurity, Digital Evidence, and Justice, a one-day online symposium on November 10, 2026, featuring seven expert-led sessions exploring the latest challenges and developments in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and justice - register today!...read more

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals

Forensics Europe Expo 2027 Returns To Excel London With Expanded Opportunities For Forensic Professionals

3rd November 2026

Forensics Europe Expo returns to Excel London on 22–23 June 2027 as part of Public Protection Week, bringing forensic professionals together for expert-led insights, cutting-edge technologies and industry collaboration – register your interest today....read more

How Detego Global’s AI Technology Is Transforming Child Abuse Investigations

How Detego Global’s AI Technology Is Transforming Child Abuse Investigations

2nd November 2026

Discover how AI-powered digital forensics is helping investigators accelerate child abuse investigations, identify critical evidence faster, safeguard victims, and reduce exposure to distressing content with Detego Global’s advanced technology....read more

Tiffany Gates (ManTech) On the Importance of Cyber Forensics

What is cyber forensics and how does it factor in to cyber defense? "Cyber Forensics is the art and science of extracting data from digital media whereas cyber defense uses cyber forensics to identify threats and respond to incidents. However,

A Tool For Investigating Suspicious Activity

With the hit-or-miss performance of antivirus solutions and craftiness of malware authors, determining whether a computer system is infected is getting harder. As a result of the above conundrum, I’ve been looking for some way to get more details about

SC Suite v3.8 Released.

A new version of SC Suite is available, version 3.8 now includes more tools to analyse and extract information from a variety of file types and utilities to assist in every day tasks. Continuing user feedback has resulted in the

Texas DPS to hire more workers for computer forensics

Texas Department of Public Safety will hire more employees to help trim a backlog of computer-related investigations. A statement today from DPS says the goal is to decrease the time it takes to conduct forensic computer examinations, especially involving alleged

WiebeTech, Digital Reconnaissance and Voom Partner on Recon Series Forensic Kits

WiebeTech, a brand of CRU-DataPort™, has partnered with Voom Technologies™ and Digital Reconnaissance, Inc.™, a premier solutions provider for the digital forensics and legal discovery industries, to introduce the Recon Series™ computer forensics field kits at the Techno Forensics and

SAFE Corporation Offers CodeSuite Certification Online

Software Analysis & Forensic Engineering Corporation (www.SAFE-corp.biz) is now offering CodeSuite Certification online for software experts. Successful completion of the course adds the trainee to SAFE’s certified expert’s webpage http://www.safe-corp.biz/services_witnesses.htm, and they will receive a $500 credit toward the purchase

BlackBag Technologies Announces SoftBlock Write-Blocking Solution for Mac

BlackBag Technologies, Inc. today announced the release and general availability of SoftBlock, the Company’s much anticipated write-blocking software application that Mac forensic examiners can easily use to mount and manage devices containing suspect data in a forensically sound manner…With a

Profile of an IT forensics professional

A snapshot look at the IT forensics profession from the perspective of Rob Lee, an IT forensics expert at Mandiant… More (Computerworld)

Computer Forensics Proves “Balloon Boy” a Hoax

The Heene family’s e-mails secured by computer forensic engineers have proven the “Balloon Boy” stunt a hoax. The e-mails sent months before the event show Richard Heene and an associate discussing a media stunt similar to the balloon incident. Now,

Simple Steganography on NTFS when using the NSRL

A short paper from Adam Hurwitz of Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. titled “Simple Steganography on NTFS when using the NSRL” is now available here.

Adroit Photo Forensics released by Digital Assembly

Digital Assembly has released Adroit Photo Forensics, an advanced photo carving and forensics tool. It allows recovery of heavily fragmented photos and preparation of reports. Download a free trial from http://digital-assembly.com/products/adroit-photo-forensics/ (Note: Download is free, to save carved images, purchase

Microsoft Make Digital Forensics Tool Available to Law Enforcement

At the Digital Crimes Consortium, Microsoft Corp. and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) announced an agreement establishing NW3C as the first U.S.-based distributor of the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE). A Microsoft-developed program, COFEE uses digital forensic